Prelude to the Shining Day, A
General Info
Year: 1992 / 2010
Duration: c. 3:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo/Brain
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III (on balcony)
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-Tam
- Tubular Bells
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
A Prelude to the Shining Day was written for Noda Junior High School Concert Band, Kawagoe, Japan, for the 10th anniversary of their foundation, and premiered in April 1992 under the direction of Masato Sato. The title of the piece suggests that it was written as a concert opener; thus it is designed as a fanfare. This piece requires three trumpets and three trombones on a balcony creating an antiphonal effect with the instruments on stage. The piece consists of three sections; the fanfare motif and lyrical melody of the middle section are combined in conclusion.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Springdale (Ark.) Har-Ber High School Wind Symphony - 2012
State Ratings
- Kansas: IV
Performances
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- University of South Florida (Tampa) Symphonic Band (Tina DiMeglio, conductor) - 21 September 2023
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Symphony Band (Joe Figliolo, conductor) - 26 April 2023
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) University Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) - 24 February 2022
- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Band (Ichijirusha Takahiro Higuchi, conductor) – 15 May 2019
- University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Concert Band (Heath Nails, conductor) – 24 April 2019
- Ohio State University (Columbus) Symphonic Band (Scott Jones, conductor) – 14 November 2018
- Texas Woman's University (Denton) Wind Symphony (Carter Biggers, conductor) – 6 October 2018
- Hijiyama Girls Junior & Senior High School Wind Orchestra (Hiroshima, Japan) (Yusuke Konishi, conductor) - 11 February 2016 (2016 CASMEC Conference, San Jose)
- Springdale (Ark.) Har-Ber High School Wind Symphony (Jeremy Ford, conductor; U.S. Army Antiphonal Brass) – 15 December 2011 (2011 Midwest Clinic)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
All Wind Works
- Aggression (2005)
- Clalitas (1989)
- Dancing in Air (2004)
- Dancing in Rain (2009)
- Eine Nachtmusik fur Erlkonig (2014)
- Elegy (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Encore! (2013)
- Fanfare and Celebration March (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Fantasma Lunare (2008)
- Fantasies on Frère Jacques (2010)
- Fantasy on "Madama Butterfly" (as arranger)(2000)
- A Festival Suite (2003)
- Fêtes Lointains (2009)
- Foster Songs Fantasy (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (2015)
- Funiculi Funicula Rhapsody (as arranger) (2000)
- Hana Processional (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (1900/2015)
- Howl's Moving Castle (as arranger) (2004/2010)
- Impromptu (1976)
- Journey of Exploration (2008)
- Lachrymae (2005)
- A Little Festive Music (Flex instrumentation) (2013)
- Lux Aeterna (1998/2000)
- Marche Hongroise (as arranger) (1820/1846/1986)
- My Neighbor Totoro (as arranger) (1988/2008)
- The Nutcracker Fantasy (as adapter) (1891/2004)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (2012)
- Over Great Waves and Far Away (Flex instrumentation) (2012)
- A Poetry of Breeze (1991)
- Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (as arranger) (2008)
- A Prelude to the Shining Day (2010)
- Quadrille (Flex instrumentation) (1982/2019)
- Ruffles Call from Afar (2015)
- Shadow Song (2016)
- Smiley Rag (Flex instrumentation) (2017)
- Songs for Wind Ensemble (2010)
- A Srping Breeze Passes Through a Plain (1999)
- Star Fantasy (2014)
- Studio Ghibli's Anime March Medley (as arranger) (2013)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor (as arranger) (1705/2014)
- Turandot (as arranger) (2007)
- The Vein of Water (2008)
- A Wild Rose Above (2014)
- WINGS (1998)
Resources
- Goto, Y. (2010). A Prelude to the Shining Day [score]. Brain Co.: Hiroshima, Japan.
- The Horizon Leans Forward..., compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 338.